Margaret's Musings on Cats

Articles in the ‘Minerva’ Category

Dominance and submission

November 10, 2002
Simon’s been holding Galen down by the neck at least once a day that I know of lately. He holds on for a while and sometimes doesn’t let go when I call to him. I hear cat mewling noises so go to see what’s up. Galen is the one [...]

Stressful night- Mostly Simon and Sumner

Sept. 18, 2002
Last night was a bit stressful.  My three males are around two years-old, the age of social maturity for cats and there have been tensions.  I heard Simon make his scary, guttural moan from hell “urrrerrrrurrr” noise, the one that sounds unearthly that he uses when an intruder cat comes in the yard [...]

Cats dominating

Simon dominating
Galen- not sexual in nature

For the past few weeks, every other day or so, I hear Galen squeak, and find Simon on top of him doing the dominating neck hold thing. Galen does not seem to care much, though, [...]

Minerva talks to us

April 12, 2002
One of the most endearing things is when my cat Minerva is on the enclosed porch and she sees one of us at the door looking at her, she talks to us with that rapid Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah sound cats usually make when they see birds. She started doing it a year ago. She looks straight at [...]